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March 7, 2011

#869: Server Attention Span

Server Attention Span

[[single blade in a server rack]]

Server: Hi! I’m a server! Who are you?

[[mobile device with a web browser]]

Browser: I’m a browser. I’d like to see this article.

Server:Oh boy! I can help! Let me get it for- ..whoa! You’re a smartphone browser?

Browser: Yeah.

Server: Cooool! Hey, I’ve got this new mobile version of my site! Check it out! Isn’t it pretty?

Browser: Sure, but this is just your mobile site’s main page. Where’s the article I wanted?

Server: What article?

Browser: The one I-

Server: Who are you?

Browser: I-

Server: Hi! I’m a server!

{{Title text: They have to keep the adjacent rack units empty. Otherwise, half the entries in their

var

log

syslog are just ‘SERVER BELOW TRYING TO START CONVERSATION AGAIN.’ and ‘WISH THEY’D STOP GIVING HIM SO MUCH COFFEE IT SPLATTERS EVERYWHERE.’}}